Comments on: HeliNews http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/01/19/helinews/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer. Thu, 24 May 2012 16:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Julian Olivas http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/01/19/helinews/#comment-2269 Julian Olivas Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:02:49 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/01/19/helinews/#comment-2269 i discovered your site just a few days ago while googling around for cattle herders and tuna spotters. I immediately recognized the site/blog to be head and shoulders above the deluge of forgettable aviation sites. Eclectic indeed !!! Where do you find the time for this volume of work - do you sleep at all? We run a ranch on at the foot of Okmok caldera. The cattle (about 3000) graze freely and are totally certified organic. Problem is that being wild, and having no contact with humans most of the year, they are stubborn and just itching to run you down. In fact an R22 was gored and still shows wounds on its chin. We get a lot of weather and squirrelly wind which tests our 22s/44, and pilots too of course. But the landscape is stunning and primal. Unusual even by Alaskan standards. And the flying is beyond compare. Let me see if the Boss would be receptive to someone bringing their own aircraft as you offer. Even my fellow S76 pilots here in NY want to go to Umnak but they have not flown Robbies in decades let alone attempt to herd wild cattle with them. I can send a CD of photos. I suppose i can find your address somewhere on your site. Meanwhile i will fill in your email contact form and send a "photo of the month" if you wish to receive a sample. i discovered your site just a few days ago while googling around for cattle herders and tuna spotters.

I immediately recognized the site/blog to be head and shoulders above the deluge of forgettable aviation sites. Eclectic indeed !!! Where do you find the time for this volume of work – do you sleep at all?

We run a ranch on at the foot of Okmok caldera. The cattle (about 3000) graze freely and are totally certified organic. Problem is that being wild, and having no contact with humans most of the year, they are stubborn and just itching to run you down. In fact an R22 was gored and still shows wounds on its chin.

We get a lot of weather and squirrelly wind which tests our 22s/44, and pilots too of course. But the landscape is stunning and primal. Unusual even by Alaskan standards. And the flying is beyond compare. Let me see if the Boss would be receptive to someone bringing their own aircraft as you offer. Even my fellow S76 pilots here in NY want to go to Umnak but they have not flown Robbies in decades let alone attempt to herd wild cattle with them. I can send a CD of photos. I suppose i can find your address somewhere on your site. Meanwhile i will fill in your email contact form and send a “photo of the month” if you wish to receive a sample.

]]> By: Maria Langer http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/01/19/helinews/#comment-2268 Maria Langer Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:40:16 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/01/19/helinews/#comment-2268 Sounds like fun. Need another pilot up there? I can bring my own aircraft -- if you cover my ferry costs. :-) And I grew up in the NYC area; would love to fly helicopters there one day. Hoping to find time to write more. Thinks have been painfully hectic lately and I'm looking forward to some down time at home. Sounds like fun. Need another pilot up there? I can bring my own aircraft — if you cover my ferry costs. :-)

And I grew up in the NYC area; would love to fly helicopters there one day.

Hoping to find time to write more. Thinks have been painfully hectic lately and I’m looking forward to some down time at home.

]]> By: Julian Olivas http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/01/19/helinews/#comment-2267 Julian Olivas Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:18:34 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/01/19/helinews/#comment-2267 I share your sentiments about the the bias of major helicopter publications away from the small piston operator. I am an R22/R44 pilot who splits my season flying in New York City and the Aleutian Islands. Our season on Umnak Island on the Aleutian chain is usually from July to November herding wild cattle and reindeer. I have a good collection of photos of our operation and would be happy to send you some. Sure would love to hear more from you. I share your sentiments about the the bias of major helicopter publications away from the small piston operator.

I am an R22/R44 pilot who splits my season flying in New York City and the Aleutian Islands.

Our season on Umnak Island on the Aleutian chain is usually from July to November herding wild cattle and reindeer. I have a good collection of photos of our operation and would be happy to send you some.

Sure would love to hear more from you.

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